Not less than 18 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by armed bandits in a hilly area of Katsina State.
SaharaReporters reports that the deceased soldiers who were on Operation Sahel Sanity were killed in Jibia, Jibia Local Government Area of the state in an attack while on advance to notorious bandit leader’s camp known as Dangote at Shimfida.
“Troops were advancing on foot when bandits began engaging them from the hill,” a military source said.
Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state has of recent become a hotbed for bandits, leading to thousands of deaths.
